Playwright’s Fight for Zorro Musical Moves Forward
A complicated copyright case involving one of the world’s great authors and the character Zorro received a little more clarity Friday, thanks to a federal judge’s ruling.
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Producers of ‘Mockingbird’ Play Settle With Lee Estate
Foreclosing the chance that Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” would see a courtroom preview, producers and the estate of Harper Lee announced Thursday that they settled their artistic differences.
Read moreFight Over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Play Moved to New York
Granting a Broadway production company’s request to move a lawsuit over its stage adaption of “To Kill a Mockingbird” from Alabama to New York, a federal judge said Monday that a live courtroom performance could be needed to decide the case.
Read moreBroadway Producer Fights Back Against Harper Lee Estate
Hollywood producer Scott Rudin’s theater company filed a $10 million countersuit against the estate of author Harper Lee for trying to block an upcoming stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and offered a courtroom performance featuring actor Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch.
Read moreHarper Lee Estate Sues Over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Play
The representative of the estate of famed American author Harper Lee sued a New York theater production company, accusing it of changing too much in its upcoming stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Read moreMoviePass Sues Competitor for Patent Infringement
MoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticket service, filed a lawsuit against competitor Sinemia for patent infringement on Friday, claiming that the rival company offers a service that’s “remarkably similar.”
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Broadway Producers Fight Casting Strike in Court
A trade group for Broadway producers served up a federal complaint dripping with drama Tuesday, accusing the Teamsters union and eight casting companies of staging a “casting cartel” that has wrought devastation on the Great White Way.
Read moreLawyer Demands Records on Sex Abuse at Junior Theater
A San Diego attorney says two deputy city attorneys serving on the board of the San Diego Junior Theater failed to comply with “mandatory reporting” requirements when they learned of sexual abuse allegations against some of the theater’s teachers.
Read moreOff-Broadway ‘Grinch’ Parody Defeats Copyright Claims
Leaving coal in the stocking of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a federal judge found no copyright infringement in a ribald off-Broadway satirist’s take on “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Read moreWhite Actor Accuses Comedy Club of Ignoring Racial Harassment
A white Second City actor sued the famous Chicago comedy club, claiming he was cut from a show after complaining that a black cast member called him “White Jesus” and said she wishes that all white people were dead.
Read moreJudge Advances Fight Over Zorro Musical
The creator of a musical about the masked vigilante Zorro can move ahead with a lawsuit claiming the character is in the public domain, and that a company purporting to own the rights to Zorro is wrongly deterring the musical from making its stage debut.
Read more‘Hamilcon’
On the heels of securities charges over a ticket-resale scheme involving the Broadway megahit “Hamilton,” a class of shareholders blames due-diligence failures by Tripoint Global Equities for buoying a Ponzi scheme that has quickly become known as “Hamilcon.”
Read morePlaywright Takes on Grinches at Seuss Headquarters
In a federal complaint against Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a New York playwright wants damages for shutting down his raunchy, off-Broadway parody of “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.”
Read more‘Anastasia’ on Broadway Faces Copyright Squabble
The French heir to a 1952 play about the Romanov princess Anastasia is fighting in federal court to squeeze the brakes on a Broadway adaptation by Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally.
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Theater Group Sues for Return of ‘Historic’ Lamp
Forty years after thieves snatched an “irreplaceable” Tiffany Studios light fixture from a long-running theater, a major Broadway theater group filed a lawsuit demanding its current owners return the acclaimed glasswork.
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